Mr. Renacci (for
himself, Mr. Quigley,
Mr. Bucshon,
Mr. Schrader,
Mr. Owens,
Mr. Carney,
Mr. Himes, and
Mr. Webster) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on
Rules,
Oversight and Government
Reform, and Ways and
Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To improve the accuracy and transparency of the Federal
budget process.

1.

Short title; table of
contents

(a)

Short
title

This Act may be cited
as the Budget Process Improvement Act
of 2011.

(b)

Table of
contents

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Title I—Improved accuracy and transparency of the Federal budget
process

Sec. 202. Amendments to the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

Sec. 203. Amendments to rules of House of
Representatives.

Sec. 204. Amendments to title
31, United States Code.

Sec. 205. Two-year appropriations; title and style of
appropriations Acts.

Sec. 206. Multiyear authorizations.

Sec. 207. Government strategic and performance plans on a
biennial basis.

Sec. 208. Biennial appropriation bills.

Sec. 209. Assistance by Federal agencies to standing committees
of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Sec. 210. Report on two-year fiscal period.

Sec. 211. Special transition period for the 113th
Congress.

Sec. 212. Effective date.

I

Improved accuracy
and transparency of the Federal budget process

101.

CBO and JCT
descriptive analyses for second decade budget impact

(a)

CBO

Section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended by inserting (a) after 402.,
by striking the last sentence, and by adding at the end the following new
subsections:

(b)

Whenever the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office submits a cost estimate under
subsection (a) of a bill or resolution, the Director shall also provide a
descriptive analysis for the second decade budget impact of such bill or
resolution.

(c)

The estimates,
comparison, and description so submitted shall be included in the report
accompanying such bill or resolution if timely submitted to such committee
before such report is
filed.

.

(b)

JCT

Section
202(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting
(1) after Revenue Estimates.— and by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:

(2)

Whenever the Joint Committee on Taxation
provides revenue estimates to the Congressional Budget Office under paragraph
(1), the Joint Committee on Taxation shall also provide a descriptive analysis
for the second decade budget
impact.

.

102.

OMB reports on
unbudgeted fiscal exposures

Not later than July 1 of each year, the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in conjunction with the
Secretary of the Treasury, shall publish a report on the size, scope, risk, and
cost of the contingent liabilities of the Government, including the implicit
guarantees to government sponsored enterprises such as the Federal National
Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

103.

Tax expenditure
performance reviews

(a)

Performance
review schedule and reports

(1)

The Secretary of the Treasury (hereinafter
in this section referred to as the Secretary), in conjunction
with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (hereinafter in this
section referred to as the Director), shall conduct performance
reviews of tax expenditures, as identified by the Joint Committee on Taxation,
on an ongoing basis. The Secretary shall develop the schedule for these
reviews, such that each tax expenditure is reviewed at least once in every
four-year period. A four-year schedule shall be submitted by the Secretary to
Congress and to the Director during January of each calendar year.

(2)

Within three months after the enactment of
any new tax expenditure, the Secretary shall revise the most recent four-year
schedule of tax expenditure performance reviews and submit them to Congress and
to the Director.

(3)

Not later than one year after the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall have submitted to Congress and to
the Director the first four-year schedule and begin the first performance
reviews under paragraph (1).

(4)

The Secretary shall endeavor to
develop a four-year schedule that provides for the simultaneous review of tax
expenditures that have similar policy objectives.

(b)

Reports

(1)

The Secretary shall report each of its
performance reviews of tax expenditures to Congress and to the Director in
quarterly reports and containing all of the performance reviews conducted since
the preceding report.

(2)

The Secretary may conduct expedited
performance reviews for any tax expenditure that has an estimated annual fiscal
impact of less than $1 billion, annually adjusted for inflation, unless the
Director requests or the chairs and ranking minority members of the Committees
on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate jointly request,
in writing, a full review.

(3)

Each performance review, except for
expedited performance reviews, shall include the following explanations,
descriptions, estimates, analyses, and recommendations:

(A)

An explanation of the tax expenditure and
any relevant economic, social, or other context under which it was first
enacted.

(B)

A description of
the intended purpose of the tax expenditure.

(C)

An analysis of the
overall success of the tax expenditure in achieving such purpose, and evidence
supporting such analysis.

(D)

An analysis of the
extent to which further extending the tax expenditure, or making it permanent,
would contribute to achieving such purpose.

(E)

A description of
the direct and indirect beneficiaries of the tax expenditure, also
specifying—

(i)

any
unintended beneficiaries of the tax expenditure;

(ii)

the
classes of individuals, types of organizations, or types of industries whose
Federal tax liabilities are directly affected by the tax expenditure;

(iii)

the extent to
which terminating the tax expenditure may have negative effects on the category
of taxpayers that currently benefit from the tax preference and on the economy;
and

(iv)

the
extent to which the termination of the tax expenditure would affect the
distribution of liability for payments of Federal taxes.

(F)

An analysis of
whether the tax expenditure is the most cost-effective method for achieving the
purpose for which it was intended, and a description of any more cost-effective
methods through which such purpose could be accomplished, and in particular the
extent to which a direct spending program might be preferable to a tax
expenditure, including—

(i)

whether an outlay program might achieve the
same policy objectives as a tax expenditure;

(ii)

whether an outlay
program might reduce deadweight losses and improve economic efficiency in the
national economy; and

(iii)

whether a direct
spending program might be more or less expense to administer.

(G)

A description of
any unintended effects of the tax expenditure that is useful in understanding
the tax expenditure’s overall value.

(H)

A description of
any interactions (actual or potential) with other tax expenditures or direct
spending programs in the same or related budget function that should be studied
further.

(I)

An estimate of the
annual cost in forgone revenues of the tax expenditure, as well as a projection
of the cost in foregone revenues for the ensuing ten fiscal years.

(J)

A description of
any further information needed to complete a more thorough examination and
analysis of the tax expenditure, and what is necessary to make such information
available.

(K)

A specific recommendation, based on
analysis conducted in the performance review, as to whether the tax expenditure
should be continued without modification, modified (including converted fully
or partly into a direct spending program), scheduled for sunset, reviewed at a
later date, or terminated immediately. The Secretary may decline to provide a
specific recommendation, but in each such case shall provide an explanation of
why a recommendation has not been given.

(4)

An expedited performance review shall
include at least the explanations, descriptions, estimates, analyses, and
recommendations as listed in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (I), (J), and
(K) of paragraph (3).

(c)

Committee
hearings

Not later than 60
days after the submission of any performance review report under subsection
(b), the Committees on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Finance of the Senate shall hold public hearings to consider the
performance review recommendations contained in that report. The Committees on
the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate may also hold
hearings on such performance review recommendations.

(d)

CBO
comments

Not later than 60 days after submission of a performance
review report pursuant to section 204(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall provide to
Congress, the Secretary, and the Director detailed, written comments on the
performance review recommendations, stating whether the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office agrees or disagrees with all or any part of the
report or, if no opinion is given, providing an explanation of why he has no
opinion or has not given one.

104.

Accrual
accounting report

(a)

Accrual-Based
accounting system

The
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall develop a proposal for
the implementation of an accrual-based accounting system for certain portions
of the budget, excluding—

(1)

insurance;

(2)

environmental
liabilities;

(3)

Federal employee
pensions;

(4)

retiree health
benefits; and

(5)

other budget items
where accrual-based accounting would feasibly capture significant future cash
resource requirements that are not reflected in the cash-based budget; where
appropriate and reasonable.

(b)

Report

Within
one year of the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall submit a report to Congress setting forth the
legislation necessary for the implementation of an accrual-based accounting
system for part of the budget, along with any recommendations regarding its
proposed legislation.

105.

Annual revenue
stability projection report

Not later than July 1 of each year, the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in conjunction with the Joint
Committee on Taxation, shall publish a report that projects annual Federal
revenues by source over the next 10 fiscal years and includes a discussion of
the assumptions used to project such revenues. The Director shall transmit the
report to the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives for the purpose of
considering and setting annual budget authority.

II

Biennial
budgeting

201.

Revision of
timetable

Section 300 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631) is amended to read as
follows:

300.

Timetable

(a)

In
General

Except as provided by subsection (b), the timetable with
respect to the congressional budget process for any Congress (beginning with
the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress) is as follows:

Congress completes action on bills and resolutions
authorizing new budget authority for the succeeding biennium.

(b)

Special
Rule

In the case of any first session of Congress that begins in
any year during which the term of a President (except a President who succeeds
himself) begins, the following dates shall supersede those set forth in
subsection (a):

Amendments to
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974

(a)

Declaration of
Purpose

Section 2(2) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621(2)) is amended by striking each
year and inserting biennially.

(b)

Definitions

(1)

Budget
resolution

Section 3(4) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622(4)) is amended
by striking fiscal year each place it appears and inserting
biennium.

(2)

Biennium

Section
3 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 622) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:

(11)

The term
biennium means the period of 2 consecutive fiscal years beginning
on October 1 of any odd-numbered
year.

.

(c)

Biennial
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget

(1)

Contents of
resolution

Section 301(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is
amended—

(A)

in the matter
preceding paragraph (1) by—

(i)

striking
April 15 of each year and inserting May 15 of each
odd-numbered year;

(ii)

striking
the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year the first
place it appears and inserting the biennium beginning on October 1 of
such year; and

(iii)

striking
the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year the second
place it appears and inserting each fiscal year in such
period;

(B)

in paragraph (6),
by striking for the fiscal year and inserting for each
fiscal year in the biennium; and

(C)

in paragraph (7),
by striking for the fiscal year and inserting for each
fiscal year in the biennium.

(2)

Additional
matters

Section 301(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(b)) is
amended—

(A)

in paragraph (3),
by striking for such fiscal year and inserting for either
fiscal year in such biennium; and

(B)

in paragraph (7),
by striking for the first fiscal year and inserting for
each fiscal year in the biennium.

(3)

Views of other
committees

Section 301(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is
amended by inserting (or, if applicable, as provided by section
300(b)) after United States Code.

(4)

Hearings

Section
301(e)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(e)) is amended by—

(A)

striking
fiscal year and inserting biennium; and

(B)

inserting after
the second sentence the following: On or before April 1 of each
odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b)), the
Committee on the Budget of each House shall report to its House the concurrent
resolution on the budget referred to in subsection (a) for the biennium
beginning on October 1 of that year..

(5)

Goals for
reducing unemployment

Section 301(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
632(f)) is amended by striking fiscal year each place it appears
and inserting biennium.

(6)

Economic
assumptions

Section 301(g)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 632(g)(1)) is
amended by striking for a fiscal year and inserting for a
biennium.

(7)

Section
heading

The section heading of section 301 of such Act is amended
by striking annual and
inserting biennial.

(8)

Table of
contents

The item relating to section 301 in the table of
contents set forth in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking
Annual and inserting Biennial.

(d)

Committee
Allocations

Section 302 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 633) is
amended—

(1)

in subsection
(a)(1) by—

(A)

striking
for the first fiscal year of the resolution, and inserting
for each fiscal year in the biennium,;

(B)

striking
for that period of fiscal years and inserting for all
fiscal years covered by the resolution; and

(C)

striking
for the fiscal year of that resolution and inserting for
each fiscal year in the biennium;

(2)

in subsection
(a)(5), by striking April 15 and inserting May
15;

(3)

in subsection
(f)(1), by striking for a fiscal year and inserting for a
biennium;

(4)

in subsection
(f)(1), by striking first fiscal year and inserting
either fiscal year of the biennium;

(5)

in subsection
(f)(2)(A), by—

(A)

striking
first fiscal year and inserting each fiscal year of the
biennium; and

(B)

striking
the total of fiscal years and inserting the total of all
fiscal years covered by the resolution; and

(6)

in subsection
(g)(1)(A), by striking April and inserting
May.

(e)

Section
303 Point of Order

(1)

In
general

Section 303(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(a)) is amended
by striking for a fiscal year and inserting for a
biennium and by striking the first fiscal year and
inserting each fiscal year of the biennium.

(2)

Exceptions in
the house

Section 303(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(b)) is
amended—

(A)

in paragraph
(1)(A), by striking the budget year and inserting the
biennium;

(B)

in paragraph
(1)(B), by striking the fiscal year and inserting the
biennium; and

(C)

in paragraph (2),
by inserting (or June 1 whenever section 300(b) is
applicable).

(3)

Application to
the senate

Section 303(c)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 634(c)) is
amended by—

(A)

striking
fiscal year and inserting biennium; and

(B)

striking
that year and inserting each fiscal year of that
biennium.

(f)

Permissible
Revisions of Concurrent Resolutions on the Budget

Section 304 of
such Act (2 U.S.C. 635) is amended—

(1)

by striking
fiscal year the first two places it appears and inserting
biennium;

(2)

by striking
for such fiscal year; and

(3)

by inserting
before the period for such biennium.

(g)

Procedures for
Consideration of Budget Resolutions

Section 305(a)(3) of such Act
(2 U.S.C. 636(b)(3)) is amended by striking fiscal year and
inserting biennium.

(h)

Completion of
House Committee Action on Appropriation Bills

Section 307 of such
Act (2 U.S.C. 638) is amended—

(1)

by striking
each year and inserting each odd-numbered year (or, if
applicable, as provided by section 300(b), July 1);

(2)

by striking
annual and inserting biennial;

(3)

by striking
fiscal year and inserting biennium; and

(4)

by striking
that year and inserting each odd-numbered
year.

(i)

Quarterly Budget
Reports

Section 308 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 639) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:

(d)

Quarterly Budget
Reports

The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, as
soon as practicable after the completion of each quarter of the fiscal year,
prepare an analysis comparing revenues, spending, and the deficit or surplus
for the current fiscal year to assumptions included in the congressional budget
resolution. In preparing this report, the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office shall combine actual budget figures to date with projected revenue and
spending for the balance of the fiscal year. The Director of the Congressional
Budget Office shall include any other information in this report that it deems
useful for a full understanding of the current fiscal position of the Federal
Government. The reports mandated by this subsection shall be transmitted by the
Director to the Senate and House Committees on the Budget, and the
Congressional Budget Office shall make such reports available to any interested
party upon
request.

.

(j)

Completion of
House Action on Regular Appropriation Bills

Section 309 of such
Act (2 U.S.C. 640) is amended—

(1)

by striking
It and inserting Except whenever section 300(b) is
applicable, it;

(2)

by inserting
of any odd-numbered calendar year after
July;

(3)

by striking
annual and inserting biennial; and

(4)

by striking
fiscal year and inserting biennium.

(k)

Reconciliation
Process

Section 310 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 641) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (a),
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking any fiscal
year and inserting any biennium;

(2)

in subsection
(a)(1), by striking such fiscal year each place it appears and
inserting any fiscal year covered by such resolution; and

in paragraph (1),
by striking first fiscal year and inserting either fiscal
year in the biennium;

(3)

in paragraph (2),
by striking that fiscal year and inserting either fiscal
year in the biennium; and

(4)

in the matter
following paragraph (2), by striking that fiscal year and
inserting the applicable fiscal year.

203.

Amendments to
rules of House of Representatives

(a)

Clause 4(a)(1)(A)
of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting
odd-numbered after each.

(b)

Clause 4(a)(4) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
fiscal year and inserting biennium.

(c)

Clause 4(b)(2) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
each fiscal year and inserting the
biennium.

(d)

Clause 4(b) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
and at the end of subparagraph (5), by striking the period and
inserting ; and at the end of subparagraph (6), and by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:

(7)

use the second session of each
Congress to study issues with long-term budgetary and economic implications,
which would include—

(A)

hold hearings to receive testimony
from committees of jurisdiction to identify problem areas and to report on the
results of oversight; and

(B)

by January 1 of each odd-number year,
issuing a report to the Speaker which identifies the key issues facing the
Congress in the next
biennium.

.

(e)

Clause 11(i) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
during the same or preceding fiscal year.

(f)

Clause 4(e) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
annually each place it appears and inserting
biennially and by striking annual and inserting
biennial.

(g)

Clause 4(f) of
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended—

(1)

by inserting
during each odd-numbered year after the submission of
budget by the President;

(2)

by striking
fiscal year the first place it appears and inserting
biennium; and

(3)

by striking
that fiscal year and inserting each fiscal year in such
ensuing biennium.

(h)

Clause 3(d)(2)(A)
of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by
striking five both places it appears and inserting
six.

(i)

Clause 5(a)(1) of
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking
fiscal year after September 15 in the preceding fiscal year and
inserting biennium after September 15 of the year in which such biennium
begins.

204.

Amendments to
title 31, United States Code

(a)

Definition

Section
1101 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following new paragraph:

(3)

biennium
has the meaning given to such term in paragraph (11) of section 3 of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
622(11)).

.

(b)

Budget Contents
and Submission to the Congress

(1)

Schedule

The
matter preceding paragraph (1) in section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)

On or before the
first Monday in February of each odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as
provided by section 300(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), beginning
with the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, the President shall transmit to the
Congress, the budget for the biennium beginning on October 1 of such calendar
year. The budget transmitted under this subsection shall include a budget
message and summary and supporting information. The President shall include in
each budget the
following:

.

(2)

Expenditures

Section
1105(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking the
fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that
year and inserting each fiscal year in the biennium for which
the budget is submitted and in the succeeding 4 years.

(3)

Receipts

Section
1105(a)(6) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking the
fiscal year for which the budget is submitted and the 4 fiscal years after that
year and inserting each fiscal year in the biennium for which
the budget is submitted and in the succeeding 4 years.

(4)

Balance
statements

Section 1105(a)(9)(C) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by striking the fiscal year and inserting each
fiscal year in the biennium.

(5)

Government
functions and activities

Section 1105(a)(12) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended in subparagraph (A), by striking the fiscal
year and inserting each fiscal year in the
biennium.

(6)

Allowances

Section
1105(a)(13) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking the
fiscal year and inserting each fiscal year in the
biennium.

(7)

Allowances for
unanticipated and uncontrollable expenditures

Section 1105(a)(14)
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking that
year and inserting each fiscal year in the biennium for which
the budget is submitted.

(8)

Tax
expenditures

Section 1105(a)(16) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by striking the fiscal year and inserting each
fiscal year in the biennium.

(9)

Estimates for
future years

Section 1105(a)(17) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended—

(A)

by striking
the fiscal year following the fiscal year and inserting
each fiscal year in the biennium following the biennium;

(B)

by striking
that following fiscal year and inserting each such fiscal
year; and

(C)

by striking
fiscal year before the fiscal year and inserting biennium
before the biennium.

(10)

Prior year
outlays

Section 1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—

(A)

by striking
the prior fiscal year and inserting each of the 2 most
recently completed fiscal years,;

(B)

by striking
for that year and inserting with respect to those fiscal
years; and

(C)

by striking
in that year and inserting in those fiscal
years.

(11)

Prior year
receipts

Section 1105(a)(19) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—

(A)

by striking
the prior fiscal year and inserting each of the 2 most
recently completed fiscal years;

(B)

by striking
for that year and inserting with respect to those fiscal
years; and

(C)

by striking
in that year each place it appears and inserting in those
fiscal years.

(c)

Estimated
Expenditures of Legislative and Judicial Branches

Section 1105(b)
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking each
year and inserting each even numbered year.

(d)

Recommendations
To Meet Estimated Deficiencies

Section 1105(c) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended—

(1)

by striking
the fiscal year for the first place it appears and inserting
each fiscal year in the biennium for;

(2)

by striking
the fiscal year for the second place it appears and inserting
each fiscal year of the biennium, as the case may be,;
and

(3)

by striking
that year and inserting for each year of the
biennium.

(e)

Capital
Investment Analysis

Section 1105(e)(1) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking ensuing fiscal year and inserting
biennium to which such budget relates.

(f)

Supplemental
Budget Estimates and Changes

(1)

In
general

Section 1106(a) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—

(A)

in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by—

(i)

inserting
and before February 15 of each even numbered year after
Before July 16 of each year; and

(ii)

striking
fiscal year and inserting biennium;

(B)

in paragraph (1),
by striking that fiscal year and inserting each fiscal
year in such biennium;

(C)

in paragraph (2),
by striking 4 fiscal years following the fiscal year and
inserting 4 fiscal years following the biennium; and

(D)

in paragraph (3),
by striking fiscal year and inserting
biennium.

(2)

Changes

Section
1106(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by—

(A)

striking
the fiscal year and inserting each fiscal year in the
biennium; and

(B)

inserting
and before February 15 of each even numbered year after
Before July 16 of each year.

(g)

Current Programs
and Activities Estimates

(1)

The
president

Section 1109(a) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—

(A)

by striking
On or before the first Monday after January 3 of each year (on or before
February 5 in 1986) and inserting At the same time the budget
required by section 1105 is submitted for a biennium; and

(B)

by striking
the following fiscal year and inserting each fiscal year
of such period.

(2)

Joint economic
committee

Section 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by striking March 1 of each year and inserting
within 6 weeks of the President’s budget submission for each
odd-numbered year (or, if applicable, as provided by section 300(b) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974).

(h)

Year-Ahead
Requests for Authorizing Legislation

Section 1110 of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by—

(1)

striking
May 16 and inserting March 31; and

(2)

striking
year before the year in which the fiscal year begins and
inserting calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the
biennium begins.

205.

Two-year
appropriations; title and style of appropriations Acts

Section 105 of title 1, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:

105.

Title and style
of appropriations Acts

(a)

The style and
title of all Acts making appropriations for the support of the Government shall
be as follows: An Act making appropriations (here insert the object) for
each fiscal year in the biennium of fiscal years (here insert the fiscal years
of the biennium)..

(b)

All Acts making
regular appropriations for the support of the Government shall be enacted for a
biennium and shall specify the amount of appropriations provided for each
fiscal year in such period.

(c)

For purposes of
this section, the term biennium has the same meaning as in section
3(11) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
622(11)).

.

206.

Multiyear
authorizations

(a)

In
General

Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

316.

Multiyear authorizations of
appropriations

(a)

Point of
Order

(1)(A)

It shall not be in order
in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any measure that
contains a specific authorization of appropriations for any purpose unless the
measure includes such a specific authorization of appropriations for that
purpose for not less than each fiscal year in one or more bienniums.

(B)

For purposes of this paragraph, a
specific authorization of appropriations is an authorization for the enactment
of an amount of appropriations or amounts not to exceed an amount of
appropriations (whether stated as a sum certain, as a limit, or as such sums as
may be necessary) for any purpose for a fiscal year.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply with
respect to an authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year for any
program, project, or activity if the measure containing that authorization
includes a provision expressly stating the following: Congress finds
that no authorization of appropriation will be required for [Insert name of
applicable program, project, or activity] for any subsequent fiscal
year..

(3)

For purposes of this subsection, the
term measure means a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference
report.

.

(b)

Amendment to
Table of Contents

The table of contents set forth in section 1(b)
of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by
adding after the item relating to section 315 the following new item:

Sec. 316. Multiyear authorizations of
appropriations.

.

207.

Government
strategic and performance plans on a biennial basis

(a)

Strategic
Plans

Section 306 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—

(1)

in subsection (a),
by striking September 30, 1997 and inserting September
30, 2014;

(2)

in subsection
(b)—

(A)

by striking
at least every three years and inserting at least every 4
years; and

(B)

by striking
five years forward and inserting six years
forward; and

(3)

in subsection (c),
by inserting a comma after section the second place it appears
and adding including a strategic plan submitted by September 30, 2014,
meeting the requirements of subsection (a).

(b)

Budget Contents
and Submission to Congress

Paragraph (28) of section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking beginning with
fiscal year 1999, a and inserting beginning with fiscal year
2016, a biennial.

(c)

Performance
Plans

Section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—

(1)

in subsection
(a)—

(A)

in the matter
before paragraph (1) by striking an annual and inserting
a biennial;

(B)

in paragraph (1)
by inserting after program activity the following: for
both years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan;

(C)

in paragraph (5)
by striking and after the semicolon;

(D)

in paragraph (6)
by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and inserting
and after the inserted semicolon; and

(E)

by adding after
paragraph (6) the following:

(7)

cover each fiscal
year of the biennium beginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial
budget
cycle.

;

(2)

in subsection (d)
by striking annual and inserting biennial;
and

(3)

in paragraph (6)
of subsection (f) by striking annual and inserting
biennial.

(d)

Managerial
Accountability and Flexibility

Section 9703 of title 31, United
States Code, relating to managerial accountability, is amended—

(1)

in subsection
(a)—

(A)

in the first
sentence by striking Beginning with fiscal year 1999, the and
inserting Beginning with fiscal year 2016, the biennial and by
striking annual; and

(B)

by striking
section 1105(a)(29) and inserting section
1105(a)(28);

(2)

in subsection
(e)—

(A)

in the first
sentence by striking one or before years;

(B)

in the second
sentence by striking a subsequent year and inserting for
a subsequent 2-year period; and

(C)

in the third
sentence by striking three and inserting
four.

(e)

Pilot Projects
for Performance Budgeting

Section 1119 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended—

(1)

in paragraph (1)
of subsection (d), by striking annual and inserting
biennial; and

(2)

in subsection (e),
by striking annual and inserting biennial.

(f)

Strategic
Plans

Section 2802 of title 39, United States Code, is
amended—

(1)

in subsection (a),
by striking September 30, 1997 and inserting September
30, 2014;

(2)

in subsection (b),
by striking at least every three years and inserting at
least every 4 years;

(3)

by striking
five years forward and inserting six years
forward; and

(4)

in subsection (c),
by inserting a comma after section the second place it appears
and inserting including a strategic plan submitted by September 30,
2014, meeting the requirements of subsection (a).

(g)

Performance
Plans

Section 2803(a) of title 39, United States Code, is
amended—

(1)

in the matter
before paragraph (1), by striking an annual and inserting
a biennial;

(2)

in paragraph (1),
by inserting after program activity the following: for
both years 1 and 2 of the biennial plan;

(3)

in paragraph (5),
by striking and after the semicolon;

(4)

in paragraph (6),
by striking the period and inserting ; and; and

(5)

by adding after
paragraph (6) the following:

(7)

cover each fiscal
year of the biennium beginning with the first fiscal year of the next biennial
budget
cycle.

.

(h)

Committee Views
of Plans and Reports

Section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget
Act (2 U.S.C. 632(d)) is amended by adding at the end Each committee of
the Senate or the House of Representatives shall review the strategic plans,
performance plans, and performance reports, required under section 306 of title
5, United States Code, and sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, United States
Code, of all agencies under the jurisdiction of the committee. Each committee
may provide its views on such plans or reports to the Committee on the Budget
of the applicable House..

(i)

Effective
Date

(1)

In
general

The amendments made by this section shall take effect on
September 30, 2014.

(2)

Agency
actions

Effective on and after the date of enactment of this Act,
each agency shall take such actions as necessary to prepare and submit any plan
or report in accordance with the amendments made by it.

208.

Biennial
appropriation bills

(a)

In the House of
Representatives

(1)

Clause 2(a) of rule XXI
of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end
the following new subparagraph:

(3)(A)

Except as provided by
subdivision (B), an appropriation may not be reported in a general
appropriation bill (other than a supplemental appropriation bill), and may not
be in order as an amendment thereto, unless it provides new budget authority or
establishes a level of obligations under contract authority for each fiscal
year of a biennium.

(B)

Subdivision (A) does not apply with
respect to an appropriation for a single fiscal year for any program, project,
or activity if the bill or amendment thereto containing that appropriation
includes a provision expressly stating the following: Congress finds
that no additional funding beyond one fiscal year will be required and the
[Insert name of applicable program, project, or activity] will be completed or
terminated after the amount provided has been expended..

(C)

For purposes of paragraph (b), the
statement set forth in subdivision (B) with respect to an appropriation for a
single fiscal year for any program, project, or activity may be included in a
general appropriation bill or amendment
thereto.

.

(2)

Clause 5(b)(1) of rule XXII of the
House of Representatives is amended by striking or (c) and
inserting or (3) or 2(c).

(b)

In the
Senate

(1)

Title III of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end the following:

317.

Consideration of biennial appropriation
bills

It shall not be
in order in the Senate in any odd-numbered year to consider any regular
appropriation bill providing new budget authority or a limitation on
obligations under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations for only
the first fiscal year of a biennium, unless the program, project, or activity
for which the new budget authority or obligation limitation is provided will
require no additional authority beyond one year and will be completed or
terminated after the amount provided has been
expended.

.

(2)

The table of contents set forth in
section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is
amended by adding after the item relating to section 316 the following new
item:

Sec. 317. Consideration of biennial
appropriation
bills.

.

209.

Assistance by
Federal agencies to standing committees of the Senate and the House of
Representatives

(a)

Information
Regarding Agency Appropriations Requests

To assist each standing
committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying out its
responsibilities, the head of each Federal agency which administers the laws or
parts of laws under the jurisdiction of such committee shall provide to such
committee such studies, information, analyses, reports, and assistance as may
be requested by the chairman and ranking minority member of the
committee.

(b)

Information
Regarding Agency Program Administration

To assist each standing
committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate in carrying out its
responsibilities, the head of any agency shall furnish to such committee
documentation, containing information received, compiled, or maintained by the
agency as part of the operation or administration of a program, or specifically
compiled pursuant to a request in support of a review of a program, as may be
requested by the chairman and ranking minority member of such committee.

(c)

Summaries by
Comptroller General

Within thirty days after the receipt of a
request from a chairman and ranking minority member of a standing committee
having jurisdiction over a program being reviewed and studied by such committee
under this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall furnish
to such committee summaries of any audits or reviews of such program which the
Comptroller General has completed during the preceding six years.

(d)

Congressional
Assistance

Consistent with their duties and functions under law,
the Comptroller General of the United States, the Director of the Congressional
Budget Office, and the Director of the Congressional Research Service shall
continue to furnish (consistent with established protocols) to each standing
committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate such information,
studies, analyses, and reports as the chairman and ranking minority member may
request to assist the committee in conducting reviews and studies of programs
under this section.

210.

Report on
two-year fiscal period

Not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget shall—

(1)

determine the
impact and feasibility of changing the definition of a fiscal year and the
budget process based on that definition to a 2-year fiscal period with a
biennial budget process based on the 2-year period; and

(2)

report the
findings of the study to the Committees on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and the Senate and the Committee on Rules of the House of
Representatives.

211.

Special
transition period for the 113th Congress

(a)

President’s
Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2014

The budget submission of
the President pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for
fiscal year 2014 shall include the following:

(1)

An identification
of the budget accounts for which an appropriation should be made for each
fiscal year of the fiscal year 2014–2015 biennium.

(2)

Budget authority
that should be provided for each such fiscal year for the budget accounts
identified under paragraph (1).

(b)

Review and
Recommendations of the Committees on Appropriations

The Committee
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall review
the items included pursuant to subsection (a) in the budget submission of the
President for fiscal year 2014 and include its recommendations thereon in its
views and estimates made under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 within 6 weeks of that budget submission.

(c)

Actions by the
Committees on the Budget

(1)

The Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall review the items
included pursuant to subsection (a) in the budget submission of the President
for fiscal year 2014 and the recommendations submitted by the Committee on
Appropriations of its House pursuant to subsection (b) included in its views
and estimates made under section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.

(2)

The report of the Committee on the
Budget of each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2014 and the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying
such resolution shall also include allocations to the Committee on
Appropriations of its House of total new budget authority and total outlays
(which shall be deemed to be made pursuant to section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for purposes of budget enforcement under
section 302(f)) for fiscal year 2015 from which the Committee on Appropriations
may report regular appropriation bills for fiscal year 2014 that include
funding for certain accounts for each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015.

(3)

The report of the Committee on the
Budget of each House accompanying the concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2014 and the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying
such resolution shall also include the assumptions upon which such allocations
referred to in paragraph (2) are based.

(d)

GAO Programmatic
Oversight Assistance

(1)

During the first session
of the 113th Congress the committees of the House of Representatives and the
Senate are directed to work with the Comptroller General of the United States
to develop plans to transition program authorizations to a multi-year
schedule.

(2)

During the 113th Congress, the
Comptroller General of the United States will continue to provide assistance to
the Congress with respect to programmatic oversight and in particular will
assist the committees of Congress in designing and conforming programmatic
oversight procedures for the fiscal year 2014–2015 biennium.

(e)

CBO
Authorization Report

On or before January 15, 2014, the Director
of the Congressional Budget Office, after consultation with the appropriate
committees of the House of Representatives and Senate, shall submit to the
Congress a report listing (A) all programs and activities funded during fiscal
year 2014 for which authorizations for appropriations have not been enacted for
that fiscal year and (B) all programs and activities funded during fiscal year
2014 for which authorizations for appropriations will expire during that fiscal
year, fiscal year 2015, or fiscal year 2016.

(f)

President’s
Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2015

The budget submission of
the President pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for
fiscal year 2015 shall include an evaluation of, and recommendations regarding,
the transitional biennial budget process for the fiscal year 2014–2015 biennium
that was carried out pursuant to this section.

(g)

CBO Transitional
Report

On or before March 31, 2014, the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office shall submit to Congress an evaluation of, and
recommendations regarding, the transitional biennial budget process for the
fiscal year 2014–2015 biennium that was carried out pursuant to this
section.

212.

Effective
date

Except as provided by
sections 8, 11, and 12, this Act and the amendments made by it shall take
effect on January 1, 2015, and shall apply to budget resolutions and
appropriations for the biennium beginning with fiscal year 2016.

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